John Palmer (1785-1840)

John Palmer (29 January 1785-8 December 1840) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-NY 12) from 4 March 1817 to 3 March 1819 (succeeding Asa Adgate and preceding Ezra C. Gross and Nathaniel Pitcher) and from NY-13 from 1837 to 1839 (succeeding Dudley Farlin and preceding Augustus C. Hand).

Biography
John Palmer was born in Hoosick, Rensselaer County, New York in 1785, and he became a lawyer in Plattsburgh in 1810 and served as a regimental paymaster during the War of 1812. He went on to serve n the US House of Representatives from 1817 to 1819, in the State Assembly in 1832, as Clinton County Judge from 1832 to 1837, and in the US Congress from 1837 to 1839, and he died on St. Bartholomew in 1840.